The universe of podcasts stretches out in all directions, some strands of it stretching longer than others. With the presidential election now less than a year away, it makes sense that podcasts devoted to the election and politics would expand at a greater rate, and last week was prime evidence of that. If you’re an election junky, there are plenty of podcasts to keep your habit going with shows … [Read more...]

The Los Angeles Podcast Festival officially kicked off yesterday at the Sofitel Hotel in Beverly Hills. This is the fourth year of the festival, which includes three days of live podcasts. This year, close to 40 podcasts will be playing at the festival, in addition to a number of panel discussions and a screening of the podcast documentary film Ear Buds.
For those unable to come to the festival … [Read more...]

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The highlights from last week's podcasts center around a "behind the scenes" theme, from an iconic rock band discussing their song-making process to a legendary TV producer talking about how he developed some of the most genre-changing TV of his time. Completing the theme, you get a behind-the-scenes look at the North Pole in the off season from a naughty … [Read more...]

A new festival featuring live performances of several popular podcasts was announced yesterday. The festival, called Cast Party, is scheduled for July 28, 2015, at NYU’s Skirball Center. Non-New Yorkers can also participate in the festivities, as Cast Party will be broadcast live to movie theaters across North America.
The podcast lineup for the festival includes Radiolab, Invisibilia, Reply … [Read more...]

Podcast Spotlight

There was a time when families would huddle around the old wooden console radio to listen to their favorite radio dramas. The shows they listened to had names like The Shadow, The Mysterious Traveler, Lights Out, Suspense, and The Mercury Theatre on the Air (the Orson Welles show responsible for “The War of the Worlds”). […]